That Men by Various Means Arrive at the Same End

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Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him.

Michel de Montaigne

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Contradictory nature of man Nature of man

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

That Men by Various Means Arrive at the Same End Essays

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Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Par Divers Moyens On Arrive a Pareille Fin [That Men by Various Means Arrive at the Same End]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "We Reach the Same End by Discrepant Means." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.